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sec.72Meaning of waste handler , generator , transporter and receiver
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### sec.72 Meaning of waste handler , generator , transporter and receiver
If there is a transportation of trackable waste to which this part applies, each of the following persons is a waste handler for the waste—
the person (the generator ) from whom the trackable waste is transported (whether the person generated the waste or received it from someone else);
the person (the transporter ) who transports the waste;
the person (the receiver ) to whom the waste is transported.
If a person acts in more than 1 of the capacities mentioned in subsection (1) , the person must comply with this part for each of the capacities.
A person generates a load of trackable waste and transports it to someone else for treatment. The first person must comply with this part, in relation to the load, as both the generator and transporter of the waste.
(sec.72-ssec.1) If there is a transportation of trackable waste to which this part applies, each of the following persons is a waste handler for the waste— the person (the generator ) from whom the trackable waste is transported (whether the person generated the waste or received it from someone else); the person (the transporter ) who transports the waste; the person (the receiver ) to whom the waste is transported.
(sec.72-ssec.2) If a person acts in more than 1 of the capacities mentioned in subsection (1) , the person must comply with this part for each of the capacities. A person generates a load of trackable waste and transports it to someone else for treatment. The first person must comply with this part, in relation to the load, as both the generator and transporter of the waste.
- (a) the person (the generator ) from whom the trackable waste is transported (whether the person generated the waste or received it from someone else);
- (b) the person (the transporter ) who transports the waste;
- (c) the person (the receiver ) to whom the waste is transported.